Description
Planet K851b is located 26 light years from Earth. The Thaws came to this planet as frozen embryos and were birthed and raised by robots.
80,000 years in the future, the inhabitants of Planet K851b, now the Third Thaws, face obstacles to their survival. Newly graduated Cadets are on a field mission to make surveys when a small group is separated from the remainder of the troops.
Among them are Third Thaw leaders Horst Apoteker and Adam Timoshenko, who have already survived treacherous trips across the planet and murderous betrayals from within their own ranks.
On this field mission, Horst and Adam discover a shocking truth. And now they must race to save the last remnants of humanity.
Back on Earth, the planet faces certain annihilation by a 100 mile diameter asteroid. With only two weeks remaining until the predicted impact, the original planner of the Third Thaw Mission, Charles Timoshenko and his wife, Elise, discover an ancient artifact, one that represents a possible connection to Planet K851b – another piece of an enormous puzzle in science.
